Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lamblia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.23 in modern English

Syllables: lam-blia
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Giardia lamblia, an intestinal parasite that causes giardiasis.

Etymology

From New Latin, Lambl + -ia, named after Austrian physician Vilém Dušan Lambl (1824–1895).

Word Breakdown

Root: -
Suffix: ia

Inflected Forms

lamblias (plural)

Questions

What does lamblia mean?: Giardia lamblia, an intestinal parasite that causes giardiasis.
Where does lamblia come from?: From New Latin, Lambl + -ia, named after Austrian physician Vilém Dušan Lambl (1824–1895).

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